The
Indiana Department of Revenue is currently taking orders for 2012
Indiana tax forms. This service is provided
free of handling fees, but ordering large quantities of forms may be
limited due to availability. The Department will begin to fulfill
form orders for the upcoming tax year after December.

To order by phone, call 317-615-2581 (leave order on voice mail,
available 24 hours), or send an e-mail to pfrequest@dor.in.gov.
You can also download forms anytime at www.in.gov/dor/3489.htm.
Additionally, many of your patrons will qualify for INfreefile. This
service can connect patrons to free professional grade tax software
that can be used to file both state and federal taxes.

Also note that due to a large state budget surplus, Hoosiers who
file individual returns next year will receive a credit of $111 and
joint filers will receive a credit of $222 because of the state’s
automatic taxpayer refund (ATR). This credit can be found on line 12
of the
2012 IT-40EZ.

With
so many great workshops available at last week's Indiana Library
Federation (ILF) Annual Conference, it is highly likely that
attendees could not attend every session they wanted. Fortunately,
ILF has posted dozens
handouts from various sessions on their website. This year's
conference featured over 900 attendees, 84 exhibitors and was
headlined keynote speakers Nancy Pearl and Peter Bromberg.

Stay tuned to future correspondence from the ILF as they will soon
seek great ideas from the library community about sessions for the
2013 conference to be held third week of October. Also, be sure to
check out the ILF's
One Minute Video on the Value of Indiana Libraries

LibraryIndiana
invites public and academic libraries to participate in a demand
aggregation event for copy paper. The event uses the current Central
Indiana Education Service Center (CIESC) copy paper agreement with
The Paper Corp. Over the last year, under the K12Indiana program,
participants have realized up to 30% in savings by participating in
these cooperative purchasing events. Leveraging technology in the
LibraryIndiana.com system, the team will collect orders from
libraries. Those orders will be aggregated into a large volume
purchase to negotiate deeper discounts than already exist.

Libraries that
would like to be included in the demand aggregation event must
provide the quantity they would like to order through the www.LibraryIndiana.com
tool. Participation in this cooperative purchasing strategy is a
commitment to buy. Therefore, participants will be required to
purchase by the end of the agreement’s term.

Click
here to view a project timeline and sample pricing.
LibraryIndiana will also host a
webinar on Thursday, November 29th at 10:30 AM. This session
will include information on the concept behind this cooperative
purchasing strategy, how to enter your information in the tool,
followed with a question and answer session. If you are interested
in participating but do not have a username or password, or have any
questions about LibraryIndiana, please send an email to info@LibraryIndiana.com.

News &
Notes

Jonathan Gaskillwill begin his tenure
as Director of
the Fulton County Public Library on January 1, 2013

The
Indiana State Library will be closed Thursday, November 22 through
Saturday, November 24 in celebration of Thanksgiving.

By
popular demand the State Library has re-released "A Certification Story"
- a holiday-themed
presentation on certification. The
video and PowerPoint slides were designed with trustee board
meetings in mind, but is relevant to any certified public librarian.